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Understanding and Utilizing the Windows Update Build Revision (UBR) Number

Software Updates (Windows)

What The Update Build Revision (UBR) number is a unique identifier for individual updates in Win...

Updated 11 months ago by Josh Levitsky

Open Source Software included in FW v16.1.0

Downloads Open Source Software used in FileWave

FileWave is a device management solution that uses a variety of open source libraries and softwar...

Updated 11 months ago by Josh Levitsky

First FileWave Client 15.1.0+ Upgrade Requires Reboot on macOS 14+

FileWave Client Troubleshooting

What This article explains why, on macOS 14.0 or higher, a FileWave Client upgrade from a versio...

Updated 11 months ago by Josh Levitsky

Booster Monitor and Configuration Settings

Boosters Booster Setup

Booster Monitor When you first launch Booster Monitor, it will attempt to connect to the Boost...

Updated 1 year ago by Sean Holden

Building Custom Clients During Early Access

Downloads FileWave Early Access Program

The articles in the FileWave Early Access Program pertain to FileWave releases that have successf...

Updated 1 year ago by Josh Levitsky

New Inventory Item -- Enrollment Type

iOS / iPadOS iOS/iPadOS BYOD User Enrollment

What There are now several methods of enrolling devices into FileWave and a new inventory field ...

Updated 1 year ago by Josh Levitsky

Bulk Update the Enrollment User (auth_username) using API

Application Programming Interface (API) API Sample Code

What This problem and solution came from a customer who had many devices in FileWave, yet did no...

Updated 1 year ago by Josh Levitsky

Why is FileWave Support referring me to Apple Enterprise?

Apple General Info

What In some FileWave support cases, we identify that part of the issue involves components spec...

Updated 1 year ago by Josh Levitsky

Renew FileWave Server Self-signed Certificate

Certificates Self-signed SSL Certificates

Description For simplicity, we should recommend Renewing with an Official SSL certificate or Let...

Updated 1 year ago by Emma Ainsworth

What is the Early Access Program?

Downloads FileWave Early Access Program

The articles in the FileWave Early Access Program pertain to FileWave releases that have successf...

Updated 1 year ago by Josh Levitsky

What makes Deployments better than Associations?

Filesets / Payloads Associations to Deployments Strategy Guide

What Deployments are new, and will replace Associations entirely eventually. But, does this make...

Updated 1 year ago by Zachary Butterfield

FileWave Overview - Content Pack

Content Packs Performance Packs

Description About Content Packs: FileWave is immensely powerful, but can be daunting when it com...

Updated 1 year ago by Josh Levitsky

MDM Command History Content Pack

Content Packs Performance Packs

Description FileWave is immensely powerful, but can be daunting when it comes to stitching the v...

Updated 1 year ago by Josh Levitsky

Windows Client Health Dashboard

Content Packs Performance Packs

Description FileWave is immensely powerful, but can be daunting when it comes to stitching the v...

Updated 1 year ago by Josh Levitsky

Executing a Client-Side Script-Based Verification

FileWave Client

What The "verify" option of the fwGUI client application allows you to run a "verify" from the c...

Updated 1 year ago by Josh Levitsky

Open Source Software included in FW v16.0.3

Downloads Open Source Software used in FileWave

FileWave is a device management solution that uses a variety of open source libraries and softwar...

Updated 1 year ago by Josh Levitsky

Troubleshooting BitLocker Activation Issues on Windows 11 Post-Imaging

Network Imaging / IVS Troubleshooting Imaging

Overview This article outlines a known issue encountered with Windows 11 deployments where BitLo...

Updated 1 year ago by Emma Ainsworth

Client Monitor (16.0+)

FileWave Central / Anywhere

What The FileWave Client Monitor is a tool that provides administrators with real-time insights ...

Updated 1 year ago by Joshua Heinz

FileWave Hosted Servers and IVS Setup

Network Imaging / IVS Getting started with the Imaging Virtua...

Using IVS imaging for Windows for Hosted customers is supported but is different than an on-pre...

Updated 1 year ago by Emma Ainsworth

Microsoft Specific Considerations

Playbook: Device Refresh / Back to School Manufacturer Specific Considerations

FileWave may love Apple, but we also love Microsoft Windows.  (In the same way that you don't hav...

Updated 1 year ago by Josh Levitsky